Blue Hens Earn Victory Over West Chester on Senior Day

Saturday, January 22

Newark, DE

11 a.m.

University of Delaware

198

West Chester

Blue Hens Earn Victory Over West Chester on Senior Day

1/22/2022 5:37:00 PM | Men's Swimming & Diving

NEWARK, Del. - The Delaware men's swim and dive team defeated West Chester, 198 to 96, Saturday afternoon to remain undefeated at home this season. The Blue Hens took first place in 13 events against the Golden Rams.

"An emotional day saying goodbye to a great group of seniors, but an outstanding racing day for our team," said head coach Pablo Marmolejo. "Getting back to racing mode after almost two months and training camp is tough but they swam and dove very well under those circumstances. We are continuing to grow as a team and we sent off our seniors in a great way with two wins."

Seniors Bryce Ciecko, Evan Custance, Jeb Darhower, Sam Grossi, Ethan Holcroft, Justin Sabo and Eric Veit were honored before the meet.

The men got off to a hot start, with the team of Gavin Currie, Tonislav Sabev, Simeon Sabev and Miguel Vasquez placing first in the 200 Medley Relay with a time of 1:31.92. T.J. Yaglenski, Holcroft, Grossi and Isaiah Bell placed third in a time of 1:36.09.

Andrew Taylor placed second in the 1000 Free with a time of 9:48.90, nine-hundredths of a second after the first-place finisher. Jacob Bishop placed third with a time if 9:55.51.

In the 200 Free, Bryce Ciecko touched the wall first in 1:43.31. Luke Rautzhan placed third in 1:45.86. In the 100 Back, the Blue Hens swept the first three places. Currie took first in 50.96, Ryan Polino placed second in 51.79 and DJ Fechtman took third in 52.01.

The men swept the first three places once again in the 100 Breast. Tonislav Sabev (58.02) took gold, Veit (58.20) took silver and Evan Frick (58.88) earned bronze. In the 200 Fly, Simeon Sabev placed first with a time of 1:51.62 and Sabo placed third with a time of 1:57.04.

In the 50 Free, Isaiah Bell (21.59), Rautzhan (21.63) and Vasquez (21.69) placed first through third respectively. Vasquez then took first in the 100 Free with a time of 46.57 and Polino placed second in 47.46.

In diving, Philip Townsend placed second in both events with a score of 235.43 in 1-Meter and 237.90 in 3-Meter.

Currie took first place for the third time of the day in the 200 Back with a time of 1:51.15. Fechtman placed second with a time of 1:54.37. In the next event, Aaron Wilmore (2:07.62) earned gold in the 200 Breast. Frick (2:09.11) placed second and Jack Gibson (2:09.54) placed third.

Ciecko placed first for the second time of the day in the 500 Free with a time of 4:43.54. In the 100 Free, Simeon Sabev earned his third gold of the day with a time of 49.66. Aaron Wilmore earned his second first-place finish in the 200 IM with a time of 1:56.08.

The Blue Hens capped off the day with a first-place finish in the 400 Free Relay. Simeon Sabev, Polino, Tonislav Sabev and Vasquez earned the gold in 3:05.87. The team of Ciecko, Currie, Veit, and Rautzhan placed second with a time of 3:07.32.

The Delaware swimming and diving teams travel to Towson, Md., for a dual meet at CAA rival Towson University, Saturday, Jan. 29.

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